Self-adjusting journal-bearing



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v i SELF ADJUSTING JOURNAL BEARING.

' Ive/604,936. Patented May 31, 1898.

} CINV ENTOR v v '1 BY I ATTORNEYJ,

EDWARD HUBER,

' f 1'UNITED- 'S A ESQP TENT ()FFICE."

OF MARION, OHIO.

' SIELF-ADJUSTING' J'OlJRNAL-BEARING. Y

sl ncrrrcnrron forming part of Letters Patent as. 604,936, datedMay 31, 1898.

' Application filed December 20, 1897 Serial No. 662,631. (No model.)

To all. whom it nmy concern:

I ,Be it'known that I, EDW'ARD' HUBER, a citizen of the United States, residing atMariori, in the county of Marion and State of Ohio,

have inventedicertain new and useful In1-' provements in Self-Adjusting J ournal-Bea-rings, of which the following is a specification, therein to the accompareference being had nying drawings. Y

v My invention relates to improvements in self-adjusting journal-bearings for use insituationswhere shafts are exposedto the liability of getting out of true and which would therefore bind and cut in their bearings un-' less the bearings will yieldtothe irregulari-- ties thus developed in the shafts.

In my invention I have produced a new arrangemeut and organization and some newfeatures of construction, and. I have also designed my bearing for use specially with the cylinders of threshing-machines.

The peculiarities of my device will be hereinafter fullyexplained, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, on which like reference-letters indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is an axial sectional view of my improved bearing and a side elevation of one endof a threshing-machine cylinder and its journal'or shaft. Fig. 2 is an end elevation 1 of the same parts, and'Fig. 3 is a planiview thereof.

' shaft B. I show; this devicein connection with my improved bearing because'I specially design that the bearing shall be used in con- The letter A designates a threshing-ma chine cylinder co'mposed,as usual, of a head and a seriesof bars and having a journalor nection with threshing-machines, but I wish to be distinctly understood as not intending to limit myself to any such use" or combination.

"The letter C designates a part of the frame erably, though- I may otherwise secure to it," the stationary partof my bearing, which'I.

or casing, which incasesthe thresher-cylinder, and to this frame or casing I cast, prefterm the support 1).. Of course when-using my bearing. with other than threshing-ma chine-cylinder shafts this support will be otlierwise sustained. I

The support-'D- is composed of a lower part and an upper part. The latter I designate D, and it is removable from the lower part,

but isheld thereto'bymeans of bolts E.

These parts'are fashioned with a curved seat G will freely oscillate in any direction in the support D. Upon this box Gris acap Gr.

This cap is held down upon the shaft, there being the usual boxing or babbitt lining,*by means of a set-screw K, screwed through the head 1 and bearing upon the top of the-cap, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. This screw K passes through a slot L in the upper part of the support D, the slot being suflicient to prevent the screw K from striking the support when the box oscillates.

For the purpose of adjusting the shaft endwise I provide the cap G with a boss M and the box with a lugO and extend a bolt P through the lug and the boss and provide. it

finally set where desired; The cap is shouldered,,as shown at g, and the head of the cylinder A forms a shoulder at. These shoulders, with the intervening iboxing or lining, come into action when-the shaft is adjusted longitudinally away from the action of the bolt P. I

Thus it will be seen that I have provided a self-adjusting bearing which will adjust itself to any irregularities or} lack of trueness in the hearing by the shaft or. in case the shaft gets outof the origi- Y nal line in which it was','and: at the same time have made the cap capable of longitudinal adjustment, so as to piioperlyset the shaft in that respect, and that I have also provided a meansofgholding the cap to its place without interfering with the oscillations of the box.

as seen in Fig. 2, for the insertion of the cap through the box. The simplicity ofthe device is also obvious,forby simply removing the boltsE the parts can be readiljydisen'gaged. Y 1 "As before observed, I form the support'D in one piece with or connected to theiframe The web I'is cutaway to form an p eni n ,"S,-

or casing for the cylinder when the bearing is to be used with threshing-machines. In other cases the support D is otherwise suitably maintained.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a self-adjusting bearing, the combination with a support, of a box so mounted within the support as to form a joint permitting of universal adjustment, a cap for the box and means carried by the box to clamp down on the cap, and. other means to adjust the cap longitudinally and in turn the shifting of the shaft.

2. In a self-adjusting bearing, the combination with a support, of a box so mounted within the support as to form a joint permitting of universal motion, a cap for the box, a clamping-screw mounted in the box and clamping upon the cap and an adj usting-bolt engaging with the box and cap to shift the latter longitudinally.

3. In a self-adjusting bearing, the combination with a support having a curved seat, of a box having a globular exterior fitted to said seat, a cap for said box extending within the upper half of said box, and a clamp-screw carried by the box and adapted to engage with said cap, whereby the cap is held within the box, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a self-adjusting bearing, the combination with a support and a curved seat, of a box having a globular exterior mounted in said seat, a lug and a bolt extending through the lug, and a cap for the box having a boss through which the bolt extends for adjusting the cap longitudinally.

5. In a self-adjusting bearing, the combination with a support having a slot, of a box having a screw extending through said slot and a cap on the box against which the screw clamps.

6. In a self-adj usting bearing, a box having a lug, a bolt extending through it, and a cap on the box and having a boss with which said bolt engages.

7. In a self-adjusting bearing, the combination with a frame or casing and a support secured thereto and having a curved seat, of a box having a globular exterior mounted in said bearing and a shaft mounted in the box.

8. In a self-adjusting bearing, the combination with a frame or casing of a support secured to the frame or casing and encircling the shaft, and having a curved seat, a box having a globular exterior mounted in said seat, a cap for the box, means carried by the bgx to clamp down on the cap, and means for a justing the cap longitudinally and with it said shaft with respect to the box.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD HUBER.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN J. ORAWLEY, JOHN A. SCHROEKS. 

